Saturday, April 28, 2012

Covering up for Saudi Arabia

Western media are accomplices in Saudi oppression. They covered up and/or not covered: 1) the case of the Saudi student who tweeted about Muhammad and then fled the country only to be brought back by Interpol. He now languishes in jail in Saudi Arabia and no one brings up his case. It this happened in Iran , New York liberals would be holding vigils and they would be doing public readings of his tweets. Western governments would be "expressing concern; 2) they have barely covered the shooting at demonstrators in Qatif. 3) They have not been covering the cases of political prisoners and hunger strikes in the Kingdom. 4) they have not covered to my knowledge the statement of the highest religious authority in the Kingdom (the chief Mufti) in which he called for the destruction of all churches in Arabia. Not one Saudi official dared speak against that, and Saudi (so-called) liberals were silent as well--how could they not when they work at the pleasure of this or that Saudi prince. 5) They disregard the statements of sectarian hate that are being vomited daily by Saudi media: western media and governments don't care as long as hate is not being expressed to Israel or Zionists.

Comic by Terry Furry, reproduced from "Heard the One About the Funny Leftist?" by Cris Thompson, East Bay Express

As'ad's Bio

As'ad AbuKhalil, born March 16, 1960. From Tyre, Lebanon, grew up in Beirut. Received his BA and MA from American University of Beirut in pol sc. Came to US in 1983 and received his PhD in comparative government from Georgetown University. Taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He served as free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News, an experience that only served to increase his disdain for maintream US media. He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. His favorite food is fried eggplants.

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